GIBBS v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 5206.

251 F.Supp. 391 (1965)

Jean Powell GIBBS, Widow of Boyd John (Bill) Gibbs, Deceased, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court E. D. Tennessee, N. D.

December 29, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Edward Friar, Knoxville, Tenn., Bruce C. Bishop, Foltz, Bishop, Thomas, Leitener & Mann, Chattanooga, Tenn., for plaintiff.

J. H. Reddy, U. S. Atty., Chattanooga, Tenn., G. Wilson Horde, Asst. U. S. Atty., Knoxville, Tenn., Wallace E. Maloney, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


ROBERT L. TAYLOR, Chief Judge.

This is an action filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. § 2674)1 by Mrs. Jean Powell Gibbs against the United States to recover damages for the death of her husband, who was killed in an airplane accident at Gainesville, Florida on February 3, 1964.

The action is based on an alleged violation of Chapter 768, Florida Statutes (1963) Sections...

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